Grain measure



(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1. H. W. GIPPLB GRAIN MEASURE.

No. 415,292. Patented Nov. 19, 1889.

(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

H. W. GIPPLE.

GRAIN MEASURE.

No. 415,292. Patented Nov. 19, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HARVEY XV. GIPPLE, OF AUDUBON, IOlVA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO VV'. H.JONES, OF SAME PLACE.

GRAIN-MEASURE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.415,292, dated November19, 1889.

Application filed July 29, 1889. Serial No. 319,118- (No model.)

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARVEY \V. GIPPLE, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Audubon, in the county of Audubon and State ofIowa, have invented an Improved Automatic Grain-Measure, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My object is to measure grain in bulk automatically as it is moved froma separator, or from one place to another by means of a conveyer; and myinvention consists in the construction and combination of a measure andoperative devices with a conveyer, as hereinafter set forth, pointed outin the claims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which-Figure 1 is a side view of the measure, showing the mechanism attachedon the outside for opening gates at the bottom. Fig. 2 is a view of theopposite side of the measure, showing a device for actuating thegate-opening mechanism. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional View of themeasure and a section of a conveyer. Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail Viewof part of the operative device shown in Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is an enlargedsectional View showing the gate-opening mechanism attached to theopposite sides of the measure and a trip device in an intermediateposition.

A represents a conveyer-box, in which an endless carrier A is operatedin a common way, by means of arotating cylinder or driving-pulley A thathas a belt-wheel B fixed to the end of its axle on the outside of thebox, as shown in Fig. 2.

O is an open-ended measure fixed to the conveyer-box in such a mannerthat it will be in a perpendicular position.

0 is a hopper fixed in the top portion of the measure.

(Z d are mating sliding gates in bearings on the opposite sides of anopening in the center of the hopper. I

d are frames made of metal rods hinged to the under sides of the gatesand fixed to rock-shafts d, that have their bearings on the sides of themeasure 0, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

cZ are arms that project at right angles from the ends of therock-shaft, and extend through a slot or bridle that forms a section ofa reciprocating rod f, that has its bearings f fixed to the measure, asshown in Fig. 1.

No. 1 is a mutilated gear-wheel journaled to the outside of the topportion of the measure to engage a pinion, No. 2, on the end of the axleof the driving-pulley A and beltwheel B.

f" is a pitman pivoted to the top end of the rod f and connected withthe wheel No. 1 by means of a wrist-pin and a bridle f", as shown inFig. 1.

g are gates hinged to the lower end of the measure 0 and connected withthe rod f by means of links g, in such a manner that they will besimultaneously Opened at each downward motion of the rod.

0 is a metal section of the side of the meas ure 0, fitted and fixed ina corresponding opening. it has integral inclined planes or cams h inparallel position on its outside and a slot between them, through whichis extended a pin h, that has a cross-head h on its outer end.

h is a pitman connected with the belt- 7 wheel B at its top end, and itslower end extends downward between the cams h in such a manner that whenthe pin h is passed through a perforation in the pitman the crosshead hwill engage both of the cams h, as shown in Fig. 2.

h"" is a leaf-spring fixed to the pitman to engage the cross-head h" andpress the pin h inward.

"Hare parallel bearings integral with the inside of the metal section 0J is a slide fitted between them in such a manner that it can move upand down. It has a pin K projecting outward and fastened to the pitman hin such a manner that the slide and pitman will move jointly.

m is an elbow-shaped extension on the inside and central part of theslide J. It has a bore in its vertical portion that is intersected by abore in its horizontal portion, through 5 which the pin h is extended.

m is a foot in the form of a concavo-convex disk, fixed to the lower endof aleg m, that extends through the Vertical bore in the extension m.

n is a plate or head fixed to the top of the leg, and n is a notch inthe upper portion of the leg.

'r is an elbow-shaped latch pivoted to the side of the measure, by meansof fixed bearings r, in such a manner that a shoulder on the bottom ofits vertical portion will engage a shoulder on the rod f, as shown inFig. 5, and as required to retain the gates g in the bottom of themeasure closed untilv the latch is actuated by means of the foot 'mtreading upon the grain in the measure and elevating the leg in itsbearing until the notch a coincides with the horizontal bore thatcontains the pin h and allows the pin to enter the notch and to therebylock the leg to the slide J, so that the slide will be lifted asrequired to bring the plate n contact with the latch 1'.

In the practical operation; of my invention grain enters the measure asfalls trom the endless carrier 01? the conveyer', and when the properquantity has been. admitted: the gates 61 will be automatically closedand the gates 9 opened as required to empty the measure. The pitman h isreciprocated by the rotary motion of the bel t-wheeh B, as required, toimpart an up and down motion to the foot 171., and when the. measure isnearly full the downward: motions of the foot will be restricted by thegrain upon which it treads and causev the leg m to riseuntil the plate nat its topcomes in contact with the horizontal part of the latch 7,",asreqnired to trip the latch and free the rod f, so. that the weight of,the grain in. themeasure will pull it'd'ownasit presses the doors 9 openand closes the gates cl by bearing down the arms 61' of the rock-shaftsd, that extend through the slot in the rod f, and as the rod f is thuspulled down while. the measure is being emptied, it, draws the wheel No.1' into gear with the pinionand' causes the wheel to;

make a complete revolution, and thereby-re- I verses themotions of thedoors and gates d and the latchingdevices, to repeat the m eas uring andemptying operation as long as the conveyer is kept in motion and'grainor other substances elevated thereby and dropped into: the measure.

I claim as my invention 1. In an automatic grain-measure, the com.-

bination of a mutilated gear-wheel With a an open-ended measure, and twodoors hinged to the bottom of the measure, a rod connected I with themutilated gear-wheel and the hinged doors to retain the doors elevated,a latch to support the rod, and a trip device to operate the latch andrelease the rod when the measure is full, for the purpose ofautomatically emptying the measure.

2. The mutilated gear-Wheel No. 1, the pinion No; 2, the rod f, having ashoulder at its central portion, the pitman f, having a bridlef' at itstop end, the doors g, links g, and the latch 1, arranged and combinedwith I an op en-ended measure, substantially as shown and described, forthe purposes stated. 3.v The slide J, havingan extension m, thefoot inand notch 11/, the pin it, having; a crosshead it", the rod h carryingthe spring 71" and connected-with the slide J by means of a K, incombination with the section 6 having cams h and bearings 2', and agrainmeasu-re torthe purpose of operating a trip or latch device, in themanner set.forth,.and for the purposes stated.

:firames d", rock-shafts d, having arms (1,

i or slot to admit the ends of the arms, arranged and combined with anopen-ended grain-measjure, substantially as shown and described, 1 forthe purposes stated.

I 5'. An improved automatic grain-measure, lcompri'singra box G, havinga fixed hopper jar-ms cl, wheel's Nos. 1 and 2, a rod f and pitmanf",doors g atthe bottom' of the box, 5 a metal section 6 having cams h andbearin-gs z',a slide J, havingan extension m, a foot on, leg m, havingtop pla-te-n and notch n, a pin h, having cross-head 7t, a rod h,connected with the wheel B' at its top. and with the slide atitsbottom,a spring h and a latch '1", arranged and combined substantialfly'asshown and described HARVEY GIPPIJE. Witnesses:

H. W. WILSON,

T. D. PARSONS;

pinion on the end of the axle of a driving-v wheel or pulley located atthe top portion ofm", carried by thel eg m, havi ng'a fi-Xedi plate 45.The hopper G the sliding gates d, the

i and the reciprocating rod f, having a bridle j 0 gates (31, frames d",rock-shafts 61", having

